Box office crown seized by ‘The Other Guys’

Box office crown seized by ‘The Other Guys’

“The Other Guys” are the main guys at the box office, knocking “Inception” out of the top spot.

The buddy-cop parody starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg made $35.6 million in its opening weekend, according to Sony Pictures.

It’s the second-highest debut for a film in which Ferrell has starred, and yet another strong showing for the movies he’s made with writer-director Adam McKay. Their biggest opening was “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” which debuted at No. 1 with $47 million in August 2006.

“Inception,” which had been the top film the past three weeks, fell to No. 2 with $18.6 million. Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending dream thriller from Warner Bros. has made $227.7 million since July 16.

The other new movie this weekend, “Step Up 3-D” from Disney and Summit Entertainment, came in third place with $15.5 million.

Roundup

• British pop singer Robbie Williams married U.S. actress Ayda Field on Saturday in his Beverly Hills mansion.

• Doctors want to keep Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized until at least today, after the 93-year-old actress went into shock during her recovery from a broken hip. Gabor’s publicist John Blanchette said that Gabor had a bad reaction to morphine, but her condition has improved since she was switched to a different medication. Gabor broke her hip July 17.